牽

See also: 牵

牽	U+727D, 牽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-727D

← 牼
[U+727C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

牾 →
[U+727E]

Translingual

Han character

牽 (radical 93, 牛+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜女月手 (YVBQ), four-corner 0050₃, composition ⿱⿻玄冖牛)

References

KangXi: page 701, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20025
Dae Jaweon: page 1114, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1811, character 11
Unihan data for U+727D

Chinese

trad.		牽
simp.		牵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (牽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
牽	kʰiːn, kʰiːns
縴	*kʰiːn

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiên / khiân
(Meixian, Guangdong): kian¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khan / khian
(Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ien¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹
  - Yale: hīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
  - IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
  - IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kian¹
  - IPA: /cʰian⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan / khian
  - Tâi-lô: khan / khian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qafn, qiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³/, /kʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

khan - vernacular;
khian - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /kʰen/▼

Rime
Character	牽
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤi[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	牽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiān
Middle Chinese	‹ khen ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁi[n]/
English	pull, lead, drag
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牽
Reading #	1/2
No.	10175
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牽
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːn/
Notes	古簡象引牛而非玄聲

Definitions

牽

to drag; to pull; to lead by hand
to involve; to drag in
to think about (someone); to be concerned about
to hold up; to hinder; to drag (someone)
A surname.

Compounds

Derived terms from 牽

了無牽掛／了无牵挂 (liǎowúqiānguà)
做牽頭／做牵头
利鎖名牽／利锁名牵
割肚牽腸／割肚牵肠
勾牽／勾牵
思惹情牽／思惹情牵
意惹情牽／意惹情牵
拉牽／拉牵
拘文牽俗／拘文牵俗
拘牽／拘牵
掛牽／挂牵
掛肚牽心／挂肚牵心
掛肚牽腸／挂肚牵肠
擎蒼牽黃／擎苍牵黄
擔酒牽羊／担酒牵羊
無所牽掛／无所牵挂
無牽無掛／无牵无挂
牽三掛四／牵三挂四
牽五掛四／牵五挂四
牽亡／牵亡
牽亡歌／牵亡歌
牽亡陣／牵亡阵
牽伸／牵伸
牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)
牽動／牵动 (qiāndòng)
牽合／牵合
牽合附會／牵合附会
牽就／牵就

牽引／牵引 (qiānyǐn)
牽引機／牵引机
牽引療法／牵引疗法
牽強／牵强 (qiānqiǎng)
牽強附會／牵强附会
牽彩／牵彩
牽手／牵手 (qiānshǒu)
牽扯／牵扯 (qiānchě)
牽挺／牵挺
牽掛／牵挂 (qiānguà)
牽掣／牵掣 (qiānchè)
牽機藥／牵机药
牽涉／牵涉 (qiānshè)
牽牛／牵牛 (qiānniú)
牽牛拔樁／牵牛拔桩
牽牛星／牵牛星 (Qiānniúxīng)
牽牛織女／牵牛织女
牽牛花／牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā)
牽籐帶葉／牵藤带叶
牽紅線／牵红线
牽累／牵累 (qiānlěi)
牽絆／牵绊
牽絲／牵丝
牽絲娶婦／牵丝娶妇
牽絲扳藤／牵丝扳藤
牽絲攀藤／牵丝攀藤
牽線／牵线 (qiānxiàn)

牽線搭橋／牵线搭桥
牽縈／牵萦
牽纏／牵缠
牽罟／牵罟
牽羊成禮／牵羊成礼
牽羊擔酒／牵羊担酒
牽肚掛腸／牵肚挂肠
牽腸割肚／牵肠割肚
牽腸掛肚／牵肠挂肚
牽蘿補屋／牵萝补屋
牽裳／牵裳
牽記／牵记
牽豬哥／牵猪哥
牽連／牵连 (qiānlián)
牽連犯／牵连犯 (qiānliánfàn)
牽頭／牵头
牽馬／牵马 (qiānmǎ)
牽鼻子／牵鼻子
福業相牽／福业相牵
繡幙牽絲／绣幙牵丝
纏牽／缠牵
肉袒牽羊／肉袒牵羊
裡牽綿／里牵绵
順手牽羊／顺手牵羊 (shùnshǒuqiānyáng)
風牽／风牵
餼牽／饩牵
魂牽夢縈／魂牵梦萦

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ien⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /kʰen^H/▼

Rime
Character	牽
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn^H/
Li Rong	/kʰen^H/
Wang Li	/kʰien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牽
Reading #	2/2
No.	10177
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	俔
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːns/

Definitions

牽

^† Alternative form of 縴／纤 (qiàn, “tow rope”).

Japanese

Kanji

牽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Go-on: けん (ken)
Kan-on: けん (ken)
Kun: ひく (hiku, 牽く)

Korean

Hanja

牽 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

牽 (khiên, khin)

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